It's the end of an era: Regis Philbin broadcast his last episode of "Live with Regis and Kelly" earlier this morning.
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Kathie Lee, his co-host on "Live" from 1985 through 2000, was one of several close friends and celebrities who attended the broadcast.
"I didn't cry until the cast from 'Rent' started singing," she said. "That's when Kelly (Ripa) lost it. It was a sweet moment."
After the tribute, Kathie Lee raced back to Studio 1A to broadcast TODAY with Hoda, who was waiting on the sidewalk for her co-lady with wine in hand.
During Thursday's broadcast, Kathie Lee reminisced about working with Regis:
"Regis and I had something so magical for so many years that I left TV thinking I've done the best 15 years of television I can personally ever do and that's why I thought I'd never go back. Until I met Hoda woman" Kathie Lee said on TODAY. "And I said to the producers, 'What [Hoda] and I are feeling now in our show is so reminiscent of what Rege and I felt like the first couple years we were together."